Navy History

Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775 – 1777 By Major General Jason Q. Bohm, United States Marine Corps

Leave a Comment / Navy History, Reviews / By Ben Powers

Washington’s Marines is a niche history, focusing on the contributions of the Continental Marines at the beginning of the American Revolution. The book is brought to the public by Savas Beatie, a publisher renowned for introducing micro-histories and volumes focused on lesser-known aspects of American military history to readers. General Bohm has performed research …

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TORPEDO JUNCTION: U-Boat War off America’s East Coast 1942

Articles, Editor's Choice, Navy History, Reviews / By Christopher (Moon) Mullins

Reviewed By: CDR Mark R Condeno TORPEDO JUNCTION: U-Boat War off America’s East Coast 1942 by Homer H Hickam Jr., 432 pp, MMPB by Dell Books, Published April 1, 1991, (First Published by the Naval Institute Press, 1989) ISBN: 0440210275 (ISBN13: 9780440210276) On 14 January 1942, U-130 under the command of Lieutenant Ernst Kals sunk …

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From KYONG-KI to CHUNG-JU: A Brief History of the Philippine-South Korean Naval Connection

Articles, Navy History / By ARGunners Magazine

At dawn Sunday 25 June 1950 armored and infantry elements of the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) crossed the border into Seoul setting into motion the three year Korean War. The surprise attack caught off guard the Republic of Korea (South) who a year earlier achieved its independence. Almost a day after UN resolution 83 …

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The Sinking and Raising of the RPS Rajah Soliman (D-66) in 1964

Articles, Navy History / By ARGunners Magazine

The RPS RAJAH SOLIMAN (D-66) a former FLAGSHIP of the Philippine Navy sunk on 29 June 1964 during the height of TYPHOON WINNIE. The loss of a Flagship is a major blow to any Naval Force; fortunately during this incident none of the Officers and Crew was lost. Despite the fury of Mother Nature, the …

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USS Sable (IX-81) underway on the Great Lakes, June 1945.

The Aircraft Carrier Legacy of Lake Michigan

Articles, Navy History, World War II / By ARGunners Magazine

America’s entry into World War II dramatically increased the ranks of naval aviators, correspondingly expanding the requirement for instruction in operating from an aircraft carrier. Carrier qualification previously took place on board frontline ships, but with the threat of German and Japanese submarines in both the Atlantic and Pacific, the Navy looked to Lake Michigan …

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The First Battle of Midway on December 7, 1941

1 Comment / Articles, Navy History, World War II / By ARGunners Magazine

If you’ve studied World War II at all then you’ve heard about the famous Battle of Midway, one of the turning points of the war in the Pacific. Barely six months after Pearl Harbor, following a nearly uninterrupted string of Japanese victories, the US Navy sank four Japanese Aircraft Carriers and a heavy cruiser for …

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Damaged USS Liberty one day (9 June 1967) after the attack.

The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1964

3 Comments / Articles, Navy History / By Paula Mahar

The year 1967 was the Summer of Love in the United States, but while young people, hippies, peace activists and flower children flocked to Haight-Asbury, San Francisco to revel in counterculture music and pharmaceutical enhancements, the summer of ’67 in the Middle East wasn’t flashing the peace sign.. The Six-Day War, a cataclysmic milestone in …

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The Extraordinary Valor of Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean

Articles, General Articles, Navy History / By ARGunners Magazine

Edward “Teddy” Sheean held the rank of ordinary seaman on December 1, 1942 when his ship came under Japanese fire. There was, however, nothing ordinary about the youth who, after being struck by bullets in the back and chest, strapped himself to a 20 mm cannon so that he could keep firing at the enemy …

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Joseph Rochefort – The Forgotten Hero of the Battle of Midway

2 Comments / Articles, Navy History, World War II / By Paula Mahar

Joseph John Rochefort, the man whose decoding of the Japanese codebook led to the American victory at the Battle of Midway, had enemies other than the Empire of Japan. His feats at cryptanalysis were phenomenal, but not universally appreciated, particularly by the codebreakers in Washington, D.C. Naval jealousy and internal machinations would rob Joseph Rochefort …

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Most Notable US Navy Losses of World War 2 – Part II

4 Comments / Articles, Navy History / By ARGunners Magazine

In Part One of Notable US Navy Losses of World War 2 we covered the USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), USS Tullibee (SS-284), USS Tang (SS-306), USS Mount Hood (AE-11), USS Borie (DD-215), USS Ingraham II (DD-444), USS Indianapolis (CA-35), USS Stewart (DD-224), USS Sturtevant (DD-240), USS R-12 (SS-89) and USS S-28 (SS-133) but these were just a handful of the notable losses. We asked our readers …

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